"Understood, but how does attacking me on other sites and twitter correct a mistake."
It doesn't. Not at all. The people attacking you, since you obviously and sincerely backed down from your one bad tweet, are idiots. More importantly, anyone threatening you or your wife should perhaps face serious consequences for that. I wouldn't condone any threats or undue attacks in any way.
But the point is that this is what ignorance and an overly aggressive permission culture creates: anger and conflict....
"As with many ...my opinion was incorrect and I did apologise."
While I certainly appreciate the fact that you apologized, this is what happens in today's copyright/patent/trademark driven permission culture. I am an author as well, but your apologized-for overreaction is a bit like the American apology for accidentally bombing the shit out of an Islamic funeral; the damage has been done and the apology accomplishes nothing for those hurt....
My understanding is that he was voted in at the meeting-that-shall-not-be-named when everyone got together at the hotel-that-shall-not-be-named back in the month-that-shall-not-be-named.
You know what? I just looked it up (which I should have done earlier), and it turns out I'm the one who is exactly wrong, and you were right. So I'll apologize, as I am wont to do....
"Ninja, the point is that the acts are done to terrorize, not to fix. They hurt and harm ordinary citizens for a "higher cause", no different from a car bomb in a crowded street. I know there is no bloodshed, but there is pain, suffering, cost, and turmoil for people who are just not involved."
I guess you missed the part of the article where these uber-terrorist hackers were working specifically to minimize the exposure of any consumer information in the data they mined?
"In fantasy land, these fucktards are heros, the great guys fighting against the man. In the real world, they are snotty little pricks who screw everyone else's lives to prove their points."
If the boardrooms of ISPs are called "The Real World", then perhaps you're right, but their point still was proved and completely validated. Not sure what YOUR point is, other than you don't like people who are good at computering, apparently....
"The real world says the hacker pricks need to go away, their cause isn't that noble."
The real world also says that any nation requiring retention of customer data should also be able to offer up a solution for securing that data. Otherwise the only safe protection is purging.
But hey, just keep telling us all how evil everyone is except the idiots that allowed private information to get stolen. I'm sure someone thinks you're smart....
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It doesn't. Not at all. The people attacking you, since you obviously and sincerely backed down from your one bad tweet, are idiots. More importantly, anyone threatening you or your wife should perhaps face serious consequences for that. I wouldn't condone any threats or undue attacks in any way.
But the point is that this is what ignorance and an overly aggressive permission culture creates: anger and conflict....
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While I certainly appreciate the fact that you apologized, this is what happens in today's copyright/patent/trademark driven permission culture. I am an author as well, but your apologized-for overreaction is a bit like the American apology for accidentally bombing the shit out of an Islamic funeral; the damage has been done and the apology accomplishes nothing for those hurt....
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*Dials Logan Tom immediately*
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Note to self: Become an Olympic athlete....
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Idiot....
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Piracy happens because you’re fucking people (notably, via pricing).
Piracy is your fault."
How certain are we that this was not in a Christmas card to Google?
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Sorry, too busy throwing pot-smokers in the clink, friend. They are singlehandedly causing The Great Cheetohs And Mountain Dew Drought of 2012....
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Me? Impossible. Must have been "Other Tim"....
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I guess you missed the part of the article where these uber-terrorist hackers were working specifically to minimize the exposure of any consumer information in the data they mined?
"In fantasy land, these fucktards are heros, the great guys fighting against the man. In the real world, they are snotty little pricks who screw everyone else's lives to prove their points."
If the boardrooms of ISPs are called "The Real World", then perhaps you're right, but their point still was proved and completely validated. Not sure what YOUR point is, other than you don't like people who are good at computering, apparently....
"The real world says the hacker pricks need to go away, their cause isn't that noble."
The real world also says that any nation requiring retention of customer data should also be able to offer up a solution for securing that data. Otherwise the only safe protection is purging.
But hey, just keep telling us all how evil everyone is except the idiots that allowed private information to get stolen. I'm sure someone thinks you're smart....
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